BY JOE CONASON What do the Tea Party ideologues mean when they speak of liberty and freedom and the Constitution that they supposedly revere? Sometimes they are described as libertarians, but the behavior of their leading candidates betrays an authoritarian streak just beneath all the sonorous rhetoric. The latest example is Joe Miller, the Republican […]

BY SUSAN ESTRICH “There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery – then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaking at the PUSH convention in 1993. “[W]hen I get on […]

BY FROMA HARROP Among the mysteries of public opinion, this one most strains the brain: Why do so many Americans think the government rescue of Detroit automakers was a bad – nay, an evil – thing? The bailout has been a rousing success, and that’s the business press talking. The Economist magazine opposed the bailout. […]

BY TED METSCHER Thanks to the radical Republican legislative leaders in our Oklahoma Legislature who have cut taxes for the rich and given massive tax...

BY JIM WILSON It’s always interesting to speculate why some political or issue advertisements are flagrantly incorrect or misleading. It may be an effort to...